Awayo Surname
Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname
Awayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,343 | 1:29,069 | 3,999 |
| Belize | 50 | 1:7,109 | 1,087 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Awayo (66) may also be a first name.
Awayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awayo is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awayo is the 268,560th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,015,517 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awayo reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 66 people.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,343 people, or 1 in 29,069. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kaberamaido District, where 38 percent live, Soroti District, where 30 percent live and Serere District, where 9 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Belize, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awayo
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